• Spotify + ChatGPT Can Change Your Life

• TikTok's New AI Tools

• What's Your Crate Heath Score?

• Project Moonlight

• Aaron's Cheat Codes To Spice Up Your Wedding Playlist

How Spotify + ChatGPT Could Transform How DJs Discover Music

For years, DJs have hopped between streaming apps, discovery tools, and playlists hoping to find the next fire track. Now Spotify is joining forces with ChatGPT to make that search far more conversational — and far less manual.

What’s New?

Spotify launched a feature that lets both Free and Premium users link their accounts with ChatGPT, enabling users to prompt the AI for:

• Playlists and tracks based on mood, topic, or vibe

• Podcast recommendations tailored to your creative workflow

• Conversations like: “Help me find deep house edits for Sunday afternoon sets”

According to the official announcement, the integration is opt‑in and does not share your actual audio or video with OpenAI for training purposes. 

Why It Matters for DJs & Producers

For working DJs and creators, this goes beyond simple music discovery:

• Want a playlist of underground techno tracks under 5 min for your warm‑up set? Ask it.

• Need to dig for samples, remix opportunities, or niche edits with metadata? Prompt it.

• Running late prepping your set and want a playlist you can build on quickly? It’s a faster lever than digging manually.

Essentially: you’re turning what used to be an hour of crate digging into a two‑minute chat.

Keep It Real — Some Limitations

• It relies on what Spotify offers and what ChatGPT can pull — still not magic.

• For truly rare or super‑niche edits, you’ll still need to dig deep manually.

• You’ll want to test before your gig — relying on a freshly generated playlist for a wedding or high‑stakes club is still risky.

Pro Tip: Try this tonight: open ChatGPT, connect your Spotify account, and ask:

“Create a 30‑track playlist of vinyl‑style house edits from 2019‑2021, under 4 mins each, suited for a rooftop lounge.” Then review and refine the results — you’ll see how much faster the discovery game has changed.

In last weeks poll we asked “Be Honest… How Organized Is Your Music Library Across DJ Software?” 48% responded “A Hot Mess”

Break Free from the Same Old Wedding Playlist

If you’ve ever felt like you’re playing the same thing over and over again at weddings—this session is for you. Tonight at 8pm est, DJ Aaron Strawn joins Crate Hackers joins us for a live hackathon: how to ditch the predictable “Top 200” mindset and build wedding crates that actually surprise people—while still keeping every generation on the floor.

What we will cover:

• Frest substitutes for overplayed wedding staples (that still crush)

• Smart transitions to keep momentum without “template sets”

• How to read the room & rotate eras/genres without losing Grandma

• Creative crate ideas for ceremony, cocktails, dinner & peak hour

  
  🎥 Live on Twitch + cratehackathon.com

🗓️ Tuesday, 8PM ET / 5PM PT

TikTok’s New AI Tools Turn Long‑Form Sets into Scroll‑Stoppers — Here’s Why DJs Should Pay Attention

Scrolling through endless clips is yesterday’s move. TikTok just launched two new features, AI Outline and Smart Split, built to automatically convert longer videos into punchy short‑form content. For DJs and music creators, this isn’t just nice to have — it’s a workflow shift. 

What They Actually Do

• AI Outline: Create a “brief” of your long video (think: ~30–60 mins) so it surfaces the key moments. Works like a highlight reel generator. 

• Smart Split: Automatically splits a longer clip into multiple short‑format segments optimized for TikTok’s algorithm — perfect for DJ sets, behind‑the‑scenes, or event recaps. 

Why It Matters for DJs + Content Creators

• 🔁 You play a 90‑minute set → Smart Split gives you 30‑second clips you can drop over days.

• 📲 You livestream or record a rehearsal → AI Outline finds the “hot moment” (crowd reaction, build‑drop) so you can promo it.

• 💡 You struggle with content post‑gig? These tools reduce edit time, letting you get back to playlists and tracks.

• 🌍 Audience attention spans = shorter. AI tools like these help you repurpose longer performance content into snack‑friendly clips without losing vibe.

A Few Things to Know

• It’s still new: not everything gets auto‑splitted perfectly — you’ll want to preview before posting.

• Gear & audio context matter: The system might pick sub‑optimal moments if your audio or lighting is weak.

• Authenticity still wins: AI helps slice and serve the content — but your performance setup and musical taste still carry the label.

Your crates might look full… but are they clean, organized, and battle-ready?

In this new video, Aaron Traylor breaks down how to use the Crate Hackers Desktop App to audit your library, fix duplicates, and finally stop wondering why half your hot cues are missing mid-set. Whether you use Serato, Rekordbox, or Virtual DJ, this tool gives you a Crate Health Score that tells you exactly how gig-ready your music collection really is.

If your folders are a mess, your metadata’s a mystery, or your “go-to crate” gives you anxiety — this is the fastest way to get back in control.

🎯 Goal: 98/100. Bonus: Peace of mind.

Adobe’s “Project Moonlight” Learns to Be Your Social Media Creative Director

Adobe is rolling out its latest play on the AI frontier: Project Moonlight. Instead of one tool per task, it acts as a master agent that pulls from your social channels, your Creative Cloud assets, and your past work — then orchestrates the rest. 

What It Actually Does

Project Moonlight is described by Adobe as:

“Your personal orchestration assistant… tell it what you need, and it unites our AI Assistants as one creative team.” 

Key features:

• Context‑aware: it links your social feed + Creative Cloud libraries to learn your style. 

• Conversational creation: you chat with the agent, it drafts images, videos and posts aligned with your voice. 

• Strategy layer: it analyzes what’s working on your channels to suggest content directions and help grow your brand. 

Why It Matters for DJs & Creators

If you’re managing gigs, rehearsals, social content, livestreams, and all the side‑hustle tasks that go with being a modern DJ/producer — this is where automation meets artistry. Project Moonlight could:

• Let you pre‑brief content (“Make a Reel recap of tonight’s set at The Magnolia Room”) and get draft visuals + copy in minutes.

• Help you delegate task load — instead of switching tabs to design, caption, edit, post, you brief the agent and stay in the flow.

• Offer brand‑consistent content without rebuilding your aesthetic manually every time.

The Bigger Picture

This feels like the next frontier of creator tools: moving from “tool for one task” to “agent for your entire creative stack.” For DJs, that stack includes audio, visuals, social, branding, and performance content. Adobe’s play suggests your next “song release” might arrive accompanied by agent‑prepared assets, scheduled posts, and engagement frameworks — almost as standard as burrito after your set.

If your wedding sets are starting to feel like déjà vu with a tuxedo on—this one’s for you. Tonight’s Hackathon with DJ Aaron Strawn is all about killing the “Top 200” autopilot and building unexpected wedding crates that still smash for every generation. These Cheat Codes will help you swap out the stale, refresh your flow, and keep Grandma, Gen Z, and the bridal party dancing together.

Cheat Code #1: “Same Vibe, Different Song” Is the New Rule

• Instead of playing September for the 500th time, sub in Stomp by The Brothers Johnson or You Dropped a Bomb on Me by The Gap Band—funky, familiar-feeling, and still totally floor-ready.

• Aaron’s motto: “Match the energy, not the playlist.”

🎯 Action Step: For every Top 200 banger in your crate, add 1–2 fresh cousins—tracks that hit the same way but haven’t been run into the ground. Build a “Stomp Replacements” folder tonight.

Cheat Code #2: Rotating Eras > Chunking Eras

• Most DJs still chunk by decade—here’s the 70s set, now here’s the 2000s. That’s a floor killer. Instead, Aaron rotates every 2–3 songs between eras to maintain emotional connection across age groups.

• Example: ’80s singalong → 2010s hip-hop → early 2000s pop-punk → Motown.

🎯 Action Step: Build your wedding crates in rotating pairs—songs from different eras that blend easily but hit the same mood. Aim for seamless decade ping-pong, not blocks.

Cheat Code #3: The “Reverse Surprise” Transition Format

• Instead of building up to a surprise, Aaron drops an old-school or novelty track (like Shout or Jump Around) mid-peak—then slaps the crowd back into modern energy with a remix or tone match.

• It’s emotional whiplash—in a good way.

🎯 Action Step: Build transitions where you fake out the crowd with an old banger, then use a vocal loop or riser to blast into something brand-new. Surprise after the classic = chaos.

Cheat Code #4: Ceremony & Cocktail Crates Deserve Better

• DJs are phoning in pre-party vibes. But Aaron’s crates include Lo-fi Covers of Pop Hits, Indie Love Songs, and TV/Film Score Moments—think Bridgerton vibes with an edge.

• Your early sets set the brand tone—not just background noise.

🎯 Action Step: Create three themed cocktail/dinner crates tonight:

• “Lo-Fi Love”

• “Indie Aisle Walkers”

• “Chill Covers That Still Hit”

  Treat them like openers, not filler.

Cheat Code #5: The “3-Gen Sandwich” Format Is an Instant Floor Reset

• When energy dips, Aaron uses this move:

  1. New Song Gen Z loves

  2. Obvious Classic Boomers know

  3. Millennial Banger everyone forgot

• It snaps the floor out of drift by giving everyone a personal hook.

🎯 Action Step: Build a crate with song triplets that span three generations in under 10 minutes. Label it “3-Gen Sandwiches” and deploy it when things start to fizzle.